Poetry Lovers Perth
Who we are
Everyone’s welcome at Poetry Lovers Perth a community initiative which exists to encourage participants to support each other in celebrating and developing our community’s poetic knowledge, skills, and talent. We strive to be an inclusive, interactive, and practical: participants are invited to contribute thoughts, ideas, skills, tips, opportunities, and knowledge. Poetry Lovers Perth welcomes poets at every stage (beginner, hobbyist, professional) of their creative writing journey.
Develop your poetry talent. Learn, share, connect, and write!
— Group Facilitator Jake Dennis (@PoetOfJazz)
Online Poetry Feedback Workshops
Whether you want to improve your poetry for competitions, performance, publication submissions, or your poetry manuscript, this accessible online workshop offers supportive encouragement and constructive feedback for all kinds of poets! Facilitated by @PoetOfJazz Jake Dennis whose prize-winning poetry was published in over twenty-five publications across twelve countries last year, whose poems have been recommended by judges of over 12 competitions in the past 2 years, whose award-shortlisted debut poetry collection has been accepted for publication!
Strictly limited, these online poetry feedback workshops run monthly every second Wed evening via Zoom. Click here for further info and to reserve your spot! 🙂
Tickets: $12.50
Time & Dates: 6-8pm Wed 13 Aug, 10 Sep, 8 Oct, 12 Nov, & 10 Dec 2025
City of Swan Creative-in-Residence
Thanks to the City of Swan, you can Drop In to the Midland Courtyard Studio every Mon 10am-12noon Sep-Oct 2025 where Jake Dennis is your local Writer in Residence 
Thank you City of Swan Libraries!
Whether you want to talk about the arts and culture, get creative (create new art, poetry, play the piano, etc), or spend some time reading as part of Poetry Lovers Perth’s Local Poets Book Club, you’re welcome to spend the morning in this beautiful space with me. – Jake Dennis @PoetOfJazz
As part of this community residency, I will be delivering three community workshops between September and October at different City of Swan Libraries
- Page to Stage: Performance Poetry @ Midland Library’s Old Midland Courthouse
- Limited places so sign up here for this workshop on Wed 24 Sep 6-8pm
- Painting with Words: Ekphrastic Poetry @ Guildford Library
- Limited places so sign up here for this workshop on Sat 11 Oct 11am-1pm
- Garden to Globe: Haiku Writing Workshop @ Beechboro Public Library
- Registration opening soon for this workshop on Tue 28 Oct 3-5pm
UPCOMING PROJECTS
Goldfields Arts Centre (City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder)
After a Morning Melodies concert on the Goldfields Arts Centre stage, Jake Dennis @PoetOfJazz will deliver his Painting with Words: Art-Inspired Poetry Workshop at the Goldfields Arts Centre Gallery. You can book tickets for the workshop here.
PAST PROJECTS
Hillview Intercultural Community Workshops 2024
Enjoy our workshops
The FREE community creative writing program at Hillview Intercultural Community Centre sponsored by the City of Canning is our main event. During in-person and online workshops we studied and discussed different poetic forms (e.g. haiku, sonnet) and devices (e.g. the line, sonics, etc) before encouraging each other to create or develop poetry inspired by ideas, memories, research, stories, and personal responses to prompts provided. The program featured encouragement and opportunities to share, publish, and perform works created.
Register if you would like to attend future Poetry Lovers Perth Hillview Cultural Centre workshops, you can register interest here: https://forms.gle/esV6wU1kHjzBZGD97
Haiku Harvest 2024
Refine, celebrate, and develop your haiku works-in-progress via FREE monthly online feedback workshops which run via Zoom from 6-8pm AWST every final Sunday each month in 2024. Haiku is always evolving popular Japanese art-form which remains widely debated and contested.
Come join our community haiku knowledge and skill-building collaborative!
These online meet-ups were designed to provide community-generated supportive mentorship through which participants support and guide each other to achieve their creative writing goals. As with all Poetry Lovers Perth workshops, the education gaol is to encourage and support growth and learning. Attendees determine what kind of feedback they are open to receiving (e.g. constructive criticism and/or encouragement) and all participants are allocated an equal share of feedback time.
Email Jake Dennis (jakedennis@hotmail.com) to register for future haiku workshops.
Your Story, Your Stage – WA Youth Week Showcase 2025
Young Storytellers & Poets
In early 2025, Centre for Stories and the Blue Room Theatre sought expressions of interest from youth between 18-24 to participate in their Storytelling on Stage program – an exciting program that transforms personal narratives and poetry into captivating performances. Centre for Stories’ youth program The Spark, in partnership with the Blue Room Theatre, was thrilled to announce this unique theatrical storytelling and poetry initiative. Under the guidance of industry professionals Jake Dennis and Ange Yang, participants learned how to transform real-life experiences into engaging stage performances. Stage experience was not required. Young storytellers and poets were encouraged to bring their story or poetry and a dash of courage and we helped with the rest. This program was fully funded by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) and Healthway which made it completely free for participants.
Eight individuals completed this supercharged Centre for Stories storytelling and poetry program and had their final performance at The Blue Room Theatre in the Perth Cultural Centre! The program supported diverse voices and perspectives from young people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to those identifying as First Nations, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, LGBTQIA+, living with a disability and/or experiencing financial hardship. The program included the following events:
- Poetry Performance with Jake Dennis: Saturday 22 March, 12-2pm @ The Blue Room Theatre (KAOS Room)
- Storytelling with Ange Yang: Saturday 29 March, 12-2pm @ The Blue Room Theatre (Old Office)
- Performance Masterclass with Jake Dennis: Saturday 5 April, 2-4pm @ The Blue Room Theatre (KAOS Room)
- Tech Rehearsal/Masterclass with Ange Yang: Thursday 10 April @ The Blue Room Theatre (Studio)
- Your Story, Your Stage Showcase: Saturday 12 April from 4pm @ The Blue Room Theatre (Studio)
Workshop participants learned fundamental storytelling, narrative & poetry techniques, and theatre performance tips; improved their public speaking and confidence; bonded with new people while sharing fascinating and moving stories from their communities; and enjoyed an unique opportunity to share their experiences, stories, and poetry on stage.
WA POETS INC Online Poetry Feedback Workshops
Whether you want to improve your poetry for competitions, performance, journal submissions, or your poetry manuscript, this accessible online workshop from WA Poets Inc offers supportive encouragement and constructive feedback for poets. Facilitated by ‘PoetOfJazz’ Jake Dennis whose prize-winning poetry was published in over twenty-five publications across twelve countries last year! Limited to 8 participants, these online poetry feedback workshops run monthly every second Wed evening via Microsoft Teams. Click here for further info and to reserve your spot! 🙂
Tickets: $10 WAPI Members, $15 Non-Members.
Time & Dates: 6-8pm Wed 11 Jun & 9 Jul 2025
Jake Dennis 
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